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Yingli flags up risk of default after further losses
18 May 2015Yingli Green Energy has said its "substantial indebtedness" could cause it to default, as it records another year of losses.
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Joule gains $40m to commercialise CO2-to-fuel technologies
14 May 2015Joule Unlimited, a leader in waste-to-fuel biotechnologies, has secured $40m in private equity and venture debt financing to scale-up its operational facilities in Hobbs, New Mexico, and spur commercialization of its SolarConverter® system to produce ethanol and diesel fuels.
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How to help the green bond market grow
13 May 2015The market needs to embrace general purpose bonds from 'pureplay' green companies, as well as allowing non-clean companies to issue green bonds if they are in transition to a greener business model, argues Ulrik Ross
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Sustainability accounting project approaches key milestone
12 May 2015Non-financial accounting standards for all major industrial sectors should be available within 12 months, said the California-based Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).
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ING measures its sustainable lending
08 May 2015The Dutch bank believes assessing the sustainability credentials of its corporate loan book could help it outperform in the long-term. Peter Cripps reports
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ETS reform could see carbon price treble by 2020, say analysts
06 May 2015The price of EU emission allowances (EUAs) could rise to more than €20 ($22.5) by 2020 from their current level of about €7.5, as a result of an agreement to curb the excess supply of allowances, analysts said.
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Shale firms set for hard times in 2016 as oil hedges mature
06 May 2015Shale companies could feel the full force of the oil price slump next year as their hedges expire, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).
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Goldman eyes major stake in Asia's 'first yieldco'
29 April 2015Goldman Sachs has bought convertible notes entitling it to a 45% stake in what is believed to be Asia's first yieldco.
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Investors are committed to renewables, despite low oil price, says HSBC
28 April 2015Investor interest in renewable energy remains strong, despite the decline in oil and gas prices, say analysts at HSBC.
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Wheb Partners makes two acquisitions
21 April 2015The private equity arm of sustainable investment firm Wheb Group has bought two companies involved in the production of carbon fibre materials.